Florian Frick

Florian Frick is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He received his PhD from TU Berlin and the Berlin Mathematical School, followed by postdoctoral positions at Cornell University and MSRI (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute).

• Research Focus: Interdisciplinary work at the intersection of combinatorics, geometry, and topology. Specific areas include chromatic numbers of hypergraphs, embeddability in geometric topology, intersection patterns of convex sets, and fair division problems.
• Interests: Traveling, sports, and food-related activities.
• Current Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (Nonlinear Algebra Research Group) as a visitor (2022).